Mark Carney, Davos and Trump
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Mark Carney Knows the Old World Is Dying. But His New World Isn't Good Enough.
World / The Canadian prime minister offered a radical analysis of the collapse of the liberal world order. His response to that collapse is unacceptably conservative. Jeet Heer Nobody would ever call Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney a charismatic speaker.
Canadian voters backed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party on Monday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. projects, in a national election strongly influenced by President Donald Trump. The CBC said it was too early to know whether the Liberals would ...
Prime Minister Mark Carney has had a busy week. A major international speech at Davos that garnered plaudits around the world. An address to the nation designed to rouse Canadian patriotism and rebut U.
Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off the winter session of Parliament on Monday by unveiling a new plank in the Liberals' affordability agenda.
David Coletto, the boss of Abacus Data, a polling firm, reckons Mr Carney probably amassed domestic political capital with his Davos speech, a rallying cry to stand up to Mr Trump, which plays well with most Canadians.
Politicians rarely say anything very interesting in speeches. At most, there might be a kernel of news slipped in between the banalities and outpourings of self-congratulation.
In response, Trump retorted that Canada “lives because of the United States,” and told the crowd in Davos that Carney should be grateful for the United States’ previous largesse, addressing the prime minister directly: “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”
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Carney fires back at Trump as feud explodes: 'Canada doesn't live because of the US'
The clash between Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump has escalated from a war of words at Davos into a full‑blown diplomatic feud. At its center is Carney's blunt retort that "Canada doesn't live because of the US,
OTTAWA--Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he's not preparing for a snap election but is instead focused on transforming the economy amid an uncertain global trade environment and delivering financial relief for struggling households.
But the response has especially been negative in the United States, even among Republicans sympathetic to Canada’s plight. Yet since Trump is happily selling advanced microchips to China and a security guarantee to Qatar, such criticisms lack their ordinary moral force.